This post is a follow up to the previous post about datatypes in q. In that post, I went over all the datatypes available in q and how to identify them using character, numeric, or symbol representation. Now, we are ready to discuss another important topic in q: type casting. This post is also available …
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Datatypes in q
In this post, we are going to cover all the datatypes available in the programming language, q. These datatypes are known as atoms in q because you cannot reduce them to a smaller datatype. These datatypes are also referred to as nouns and we will discuss why that is in another post when we discuss …
Video: Installing q/kdb+ using conda
After giving it a lot of thought, I have decided to start publishing video tutorials. While I love to write, I think there is definitely additional value to teaching your audience how to do something by showing it to them. In my first video, I will show you how to install q and kdb+ using …